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Insects
Social Science
Homes of insects
Ant: Ants are found everywhere in every continent.
They live in structured nest communities that may be located underground, in ground-level mounds or in trees.
Butterfly: Butterflies are found everywhere on Earth except Antarctica.
Butterflies take shelter when it rains because a wet and cold butterfly cannot fly. (Butterfly identification,2018)
Bee: Bees are found on every continent except Antarctica.
There are bees wherever there are insect-pollinated plants.
Activity: Paint the egg holder box in yellow and pretend it is honeycomb. Then put honey in a few holes to see if we cannot attract bees.
How insects help us
Ant: Improve soil chemistry by adding organic matter to the soil.
Prey on pests.(Earthkind,2021)
Butterfly: They eat weedy plants and grasses.
They are part of the food chain, providing a food source for birds, lizards, and other animals.
Bee: Help provide ½ of the world’s fibers, oils, and other raw materials.
Help create many medicines.
Help produce 1/3 of our food supply.
Activity: Put five ants each in three containers in a soil and observe after two weeks to see how they would have added any organic matter to it.
Communication
Bee: Scent memory: Bees carry the scent of other flowers with them back to the hive, assisting the other workers in being able to find the new food source.
Butterfly: Wing Vibration and Fluttering: Producing audible sounds through wing movements.
Wing Flapping and Body Movements: Engaging in specific flight patterns and movements. (Piercy,2023)
Ant: Ants communicate by how they move their bodies, how fast or slow an ant moves can signify the type of message being sent.
Activity: Make a flapping butterfly using an already drawn butterfly that will be connected with straws in order to make it flap.
Natural Science
Types of insects
Butterfly: Known for its large size, its black and orange wings, and its long annual migrations. (Monarch butterfly,2023)
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Ant: It is a small insect, usually black.
Activity: Gather foods that represent eggs, caterpillars, chrysalis, and butterflies. Have students arrange them on a piece of paper and create a diagram connecting the life cycle of a butterfly. Afterward, enjoy a tasty treat. (Teaching expertise,2020)
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Technology
Structure of insects
Ant: The thorax, which is the middle section of the body and contains the legs and wings.
The head, which contains the eyes, antennae, and mandibles (jaws).
Butterfly: The head, which has a pair of antennae, compound eyes, and a mouthpart called a proboscis.
The thorax, which is the chest part that has six jointed legs and four wings attached to it.
Bee: A hard outer shell called an exoskeleton made from small, movable plates of chitin.
Three body sections: the head, the thorax, and the abdomen.
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Growth of insects
Bee: Honeybees grow through four life stages: egg, larva, pupa, adult.
Egg: A queen will lay one egg per cell throughout the brood nest, which is located in the center of the hive. They are very small and look like grains of rice. Worker eggs are laid in smaller cells and drone eggs are laid in larger cells.
Butterfly: Butterflies and moths develop through a process called metamorphosis, which is a transformation or change in shape.
Starts from the egg, then the larva(caterpillar), the pupa then eventually an adult butterfly.
Activity: Have a container that will have a butterfly's egg, the next a caterpillar and have one that will have an actual adult butterful.